Literature and language teaching
Subtitle: a guide for teachers and trainers
By: Gillian Lazar.
Series: Cambridge teacher training and development
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Literature -- Study and teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Language arts -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: For teachers and trainers who want to incorporate literature into the language classroom. A resource for trainers working with groups of teachers. Explores different approaches to using literature with learners of all levels.; suggests criteria for selecting and evaluating materials for classroom use; identifies some of the distinctive features of novels, short stories, poems and plays so that these can be successfully exploited in the classroom and provides a wide range of ideas and activities for developing materials which teachers can use with their own classes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.